mansedume

Galician

Etymology

Already used by the Galician author Paio Gómez Chariño in the 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *mansidõe, *mansedũe, from Latin mānsuētūdinem (“tameness”): synchronically manso (“tame, meek”) +‎ -dume. Cognate with Portuguese mansidão and Spanish mansedumbre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [manseˈðumɪ]

Noun

mansedume f (plural mansedumes)

  1. tameness
  2. meekness

References
  • “mansedume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mansedume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “mansedume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mansedume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • mansidõe, mansidõõe, mansidom, mansidõ, mansydom (Portugal)

Etymology

From an unattested form *mansedũe, from Latin mānsuētūdinem (“tameness”).

Noun

mansedume f

  1. (Galicia) tameness, meekness

References
  • “mansedume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “mansedume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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